One of the issues that has arisen from the ongoing debate about
the open core licensing strategy is the continuing confusion
about open core compared to the use of open source components in
a larger proprietary product – such as IBM’s use of Apache within
WebSphere.

To some people there is no difference between the two (since they
both result in products that make use of open source but are not
open source), however it is clear to me that while the end result
might be the same these are very different strategies that
involve different approaches to engaging with open source
communities/projects.

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